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  1. rigamarole: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
  2. rigamarole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. rigamarole: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  4. rigamarole: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
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  6. rigamarole: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
  7. rigamarole: Wiktionary [home, info]
  8. rigamarole: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  9. rigamarole: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  10. rigamarole: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  11. rigamarole: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  12. rigamarole: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Rigamarole: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  14. rigamarole: Rhymezone [home, info]
  15. rigamarole: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  16. rigamarole: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  17. rigamarole: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  18. rigamarole: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
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  1. rigamarole: Wordcraft Dictionary [home, info]

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  1. rigamarole: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

(Note: See rigamaroles as well.)
noun:  (chiefly US) Alternative form of rigmarole [A long and complicated procedure that seems tiresome or pointless; seemingly unnecessary hoops.]rigmarole, embroglio, run-around, skullduggery, gimmickery, shlep, donkeywork, roleo, whirlgig, whirlygig, more...


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